NCES CCD 2024-25 18 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Covina, CA

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18 public K-12 schools in Covina from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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18
Schools
11,521
Students
34.9/100
Avg Resource Index
23.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Covina has more public-school enrollment than 84% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Covina's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

9 of Covina's 18 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 5 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 44-point gap between Fairvalley High (Continuation) and Barranca Elementary shows the range hidden by Covina's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 16%
School count
Top 17%
Resource Index average
25th percentile
Teacher staffing
5th percentile

Covina school enrollment varies 23× across entities

Covina school enrollment ranges from 57 students (lowest) to 1,326 students (highest), a spread of 1,269 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Covina reports 60.9% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Covina student-teacher ratio is 23.2:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Fairvalley High (Continuation) 64
2. Covina-Valley Learning Options Academy 63
3. Merwin Elementary 40
4. Charter Oak High 38
5. Badillo Elementary 38
6. Covina High 37
7. Northview High 35
8. Royal Oak Middle 35
9. Manzanita Elementary 35
10. Ben Lomond Elementary 31
11. Alice M. Ellington Elementary 30
12. Las Palmas Middle 29
13. Gladstone High 28
14. Sierra Vista Middle 28
15. Cedargrove Elementary 27
16. Cypress Elementary 27
17. Glen Oak Elementary 23
18. Barranca Elementary 20

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Covina

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Royal Oak Middle 42.2/100
  2. 2 Charter Oak High 41.3/100
  3. 3 Sierra Vista Middle 40.2/100
  4. 4 Barranca Elementary 39.1/100
  5. 5 Glen Oak Elementary 37.7/100

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Which Covina school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Fairvalley High (Continuation) has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Covina schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Covina, CA? ▼

Covina has 18 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,521 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.